2025 OREGON FALL TOP 40 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

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In 2015, yours truly began covering Student Sections in Orange County, California. We expanded to Southern California in 2017 and in 2021, we added four more states and added 15 more states. We went to 40 states two years ago.

We went to all 50 states in winter of 2023 and now we add our friends from the North in Canada on top of dividing Texas into two regions, similar to what we did with California. No one has ever done that before…until now!

This is still a one-man operation for the most part, but we have some help with some partners on Instagram like good friends at OC Student Sections and Stadium Geeks with help from Maryland Student Section Rater, NorCal Student Sections and many more.

This year we plan to get several “barstool” pages that showcase Student Sections in their states. Some of those pages were very helpful last year as we get more accurate with our rankings.

I know that Student Sections have a lot of work to do to get the students to the games to cheer on their classmates and go along with the theme and make sure they don’t cause trouble. These student sections deserve recognition.

This past season, we several more Student Sections, including some big powerhouse ones that not only will be a top dawg in their state, but will be a big player in the National side!

We will kick off the Student Section season with Preseason Football Student Section Rankings. REMEMBER, this is a PREVIEW. It is merely a prediction. The real rankings come out in November or December. 

If you feel your student section isn’t ranked high enough or not ranked at all, let us know and we’ll keep a close eye on them.

Every week, we will also have Student Section of the Week for each state. Once you win Student Section of the Week, you can’t win it again, but you still have to battle for the top spot in your state and perhaps the Nation as we will also name a Football Student Section National Champion. 

We continue with the 2025 Fall Student Section Season with a preview of Oregon.

This is another state that super deep with incredible Student Sections. A lot of fantastic Student Sections here that are around the Top 25 that would be contenders for number one in several states. This past year we discovered some more Student Sections and we’re so excited to see if we’ll discover some more.

Last Football season, we had the Lake Oswego Laker Navy as the top Football Student Section in Oregon. We know that this is a legit Student Section, but we saw them in-person at a road game and they rocked it. The chances of us seeing them in-person two years in a row are slim. What could help them repeat at number one is showing off their Student Section on Instagram on a consistent basis. Word of mouth won’t do it in this state.

In each state, we will name one student section to look out for. A student section that while they aren’t ranked super high or weren’t ranked high last year, they’re a Student Section to lookout for and for Oregon, it’s Lakeridge. A smaller Student Section compared to some of the big powers, but they have a solid football team and that can attract more students to the games. We’ve covered Lakeridge Student Section in the past and we know they can get rowdy.

Will Lakeridge hang with the top dawgs or will Laker Navy prove that they’re still the one in The Beaver State? Let’s find out.

2025 OREGON FALL TOP 40 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

  1. Westview Cat Crew (2024 Rank: 13)

This is a solid Student Section, but they’re more on the basketball side. They’ve been consistently crazy in the stands and run a fantastic social media game and we hope they show off in the Fall just as much as they do in the Winter. They love to show off their Student Section on Instagram. I expect the Student Section to go nuts this Fall!

  1. West Linn (2024 Rank: 2)
  2. Ida B. Wells (2024 Rank: 3)
  3. Lake Oswego Laker Army (2024 Rank: 1)
  4. Summit (2024 Rank: 5)
  5. Sherwood (2024 Rank: 4)
  6. Oregon City (2024 Rank: 11)
  7. Tigard Tiger Army (2024 Rank: 7)
  8. Sunset (2024 Rank: 10)
  9. West Salem Titans Mafia (2024 Rank: 19)
  10. Barlow (2024 Rank: 6)
  11. Lincoln Flock (2024 Rank: 25)
  12. Lakeridge (2024 Rank: 16)
  13. Tualatin (2024 Rank: 15)
  14. Caldera (2024 Rank: 8)
  15. Silverton (2024 Rank: 9)
  16. Cresent Valley (2024 Rank: 12)
  17. Beaverton (2024 Rank: 14)
  18. Central Catholic (2024 Rank: 18)
  19. Sprague (2024 Rank: 22)
  20. McMinnville (2024 Rank: 21)
  21. Clackamas (2024 Rank: 29)
  22. Jesuit (2024 Rank: 17)
  23. South Salem (2024 Rank: 23)
  24. Canby (2024 Rank: NR)
  25. Thurston Rowdy Rooters (2024 Rank: NR)
  26. Southridge (2024 Rank: 28)
  27. West Albany (2024 Rank: 26)
  28. Mountainside (2024 Rank: 24)
  29. Wilsonville (2024 Rank: 37)
  30. Mountain View (2024 Rank: 20)
  31. Hillsboro (2024 Rank: 32)
  32. Newberg (2024 Rank: 31)
  33. Sheldon (2024 Rank: 40) 
  34. Henley Swarm (2024 Rank: 39)
  35. Marist (2024 Rank: NR)
  36. Mazama Viking Nation (2024 Rank: NR)
  37. David Douglas (2024 Rank: 27)
  38. Parkrose (2024 Rank: 35)
  39. Scappoose (2024 Rank: 38)
  40. North Medford (2024 Rank: NR)

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